Year
1995
Abstract
As part of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) participation in the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, technical support and training were provided to the Ulba State Holding Company in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakstan, in December 1994, to assist in the completion of the first physical inventory in preparation for the initial declaration of materials to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The facility had completed extensive cleanout of process equipment, recovered the uranium, taken composite samples, completed the destructive analysis, and recorded the results in registers. The work to identify individual containers in storage had been completed and the source documents for the uranyl nitrate were located. Nondestructive assay (NDA) measurements were conducted during the visit of selected items of process equipment, containers of waste materials, and items in storage as part of the process of determining which types of materials would be appropriate to measure routinely by NDA. The progress made by the facility prior to the arrival of the DOE experts allowed the facility and the DOE Technical Team to discuss the specific reporting requirements for the proposed materials control and accountability system for the site to be implemented as a manual accounting system early in calendar 1995. The use of the manual accounting system will be the basis for the development of comprehensive user requirements for the planned automated system.